| MOM | milk of magnesia; mucoid otitis media |
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| BI | background interval; bacterial or bactericidal index; base-in [prism]; basilar impression; Billroth ... |
| DRIP | delirium and drugs-restricted mobility and retention-infection, inflammation and impaction-polyuria ... |
| imp | impacted, impaction |
| LMB | Left Main Bronchus |
| BALT | Bronchus-associated Lymphoid tissue |
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| MEP | Mucoid exopolysaccharide |
| mucoid impaction of bronchus | Plugging of the lumen of bronchi due to thickened mucus, interfering with ventilation of corresponding lung segments and leading to characteristic clustered linear and grape-like radiologic densities and occasionally atelectasis and pneumonia; characteristically seen in cystic fibrosis but it can occur in a variety of disease states. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| mucoid | Resembling mucus. (27 Sep 1997) |
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| mucoid adenocarcinoma | <tumour> Sometimes applied to mucinous carcinoma, or adenocarcinoma containing mucin secreting neoplastic cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mucoid colony | A colony showing viscous or sticky growth typical of an organism producing large quantities of a carbohydrate capsule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mucoid degeneration | A conversion of any of the connective tissues into a gelatinous or mucoid substance. Synonym: myxoid degeneration, myxomatous degeneration, myxomatosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mucoid medial degeneration | Loss of elastic and muscle fibres in the aortic media, with accumulation of mucopolysaccharide, sometimes in cystlike spaces between the fibres; a disease of unknown cause, which may be inherited and which predisposes to dissecting aneurysms. Synonym: Erdheim disease, medionecrosis aortae idiopathica cystica, medionecrosis of the aorta, mucoid medial degeneration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mucus impaction | Filling of the proximal bronchi, and also the bronchioles, with mucus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dental impaction | A tooth which is within the alveolus (the tooth socket within the alveolar bone of the jaw) and is prevented from erupting into its normal position. (27 Sep 1997) |
| impaction | 1. <surgery> The driving of one fragment of bone into another so that the fragments are not movable upon each other; as, impaction of the skull or of the hip. 2. <medicine> An immovable packing;, a lodgment of something in a strait or passage of the body; as, impaction of the foetal head in the strait of the pelvis; impaction of food or feces in the intestines of man or beast. Origin: L. Impactio a striking: cf. F. Impaction. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| impaction, dental | Teeth pressing together. For example, molar teeth (the large teeth in the back of the jaw) can be impacted, cause pain and require pain medication, antibiotics, and surgical removal. (12 Dec 1998) |
| faecal impaction | <gastroenterology> A stationary collection of faeces in the distal colon or rectum. A condition more common in the geriatric patient. Enemas and laxatives are not usually effective and often requires manual manipulation. (27 Sep 1997) |
| food impaction | The forcible wedging of food between adjacent teeth during mastication, producing gingival recession and pocket formation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| B6 bronchus sign | In lung radiology, appearance of an air bronchogram of the superior segmental bronchus of the lower lobe because of segmental atelectasis or consolidation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bronchus | <anatomy, chest medicine> Any of the larger air passages of the lungs, having an outer fibrous coat with irregularly placed plates of hyaline cartilage, an interlacing network of smooth muscle and a mucous membrane of columnar ciliated epithelial cells. Origin: L., Gr. Bronchos = windpipe (18 Nov 1997) |
| bronchus intermedius | The portion of the right main bronchus between the upper lobe bronchus and the origin of the middle and inferior lobe bronchi. Synonym: bronchus intermedius. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bronchus principalis dexter | It arises at the bifurcation of the trachea and enters the hilum of the right lung, giving off the superior lobe bronchus and continuing downward to give off the middle and inferior lobe bronchi. It is shorter, of greater caliber, and more nearly-vertical than the left main bronchus, thus, aspirated objects more frequently lodge on the right side. Synonym: bronchus principalis dexter. (05 Mar 2000) |
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